WEATHER INFORMATION

About this Page

This page is a resource for Montgomery County, Virginia, residents as they prepare for the possibility of Hurricane Florence impacting the area with wind damage, power outages, and flooding.

Should Hurricane Florence impact the area, the contents of this page will be changed and updated as the situation warrants and as more information is available. (While we do not expect this to occur, should this page become unavailable, every attempt will be made to provide duplicate information at www.montgomeryva.wordpress.com/florence. Please save the URL for future reference.)

In addition to this page, we will post information via Citizens Alert (sign up), Shentel and Comcast channel 190, Facebook, and Twitter.

State of Emergency Declared, Sept. 16, 6 p.m.

Montgomery County has declared a local state of a emergency in preparation for anticipated overnight flooding throughout the area. This means the County can now request additional state and federal resources, such as equipment and personnel, if they are deemed necessary.

Road Conditions

Looking for the latest road conditions? Check out VDOT's 511 page. Using this link, you'll be shown a table of various road conditions. In the "All Jurisdictions" dropdown menu, select Montgomery County to see road conditions in the county. Other resources about roads are listed further down the page.

County Services

LIBRARY

With heavy rain and flooding potential predicted due to
Hurricane Florence, Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library will not charge
fines on overdue material for Sat., Sept. 15 through Mon., Sept. 17. We
expect the libraries to operate on our regular schedule throughout the
rain event. Some scheduled programming may be postponed or cancelled;
call your branch to verify if a program will be held. If conditions
require closing, look for an announcement at www.mfrl.org.